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MAX Messenger: documenting WebSocket and TCP message formats

MAX Messenger API Documentation maps the messenger's WebSocket JSON and TCP MessagePack exchanges from browser traffic and direct request experiments. It records INIT and LOGIN steps, request fields, opcodes, chat and messaging operations, plus binary TCP framing and compression behavior.

Targets: Protocol · Website
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 15
Last commit: 2026-09-26
Language: Python
License (GitHub): CC-BY-4.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A MAX account and its device ID and token are needed for the example client.
Prerequisites: The example script lists websocket-client and certifi as dependencies.
License: CC BY 4.0 license; reuse requires attribution and a link to the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{max-messenger-protocol-case,
  title = {{MAX Messenger: documenting WebSocket and TCP message formats}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/pr0bel1230/max-api-docs}},
  url = {https://github.com/pr0bel1230/max-api-docs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/max-messenger-protocol-case/}}
}

Plain text

MAX Messenger: documenting WebSocket and TCP message formats. https://github.com/pr0bel1230/max-api-docs (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/max-messenger-protocol-case/

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README.md GitHub · pr0bel1230/max-api-docs · Revision 82ff271
protocol/tcp-protocol.md GitHub · pr0bel1230/max-api-docs · Revision 82ff271